The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-05-25


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Fashion Notes.
Rubies are decidedly in fashion.
Horsehair bon nets are novelty.
Wraps for summer woar are rich IN
jets.
Necklaces are very little warn nova
days.
Lace insertion and ribbon dresses are
now very fashionable.
The fashionable waist is extravagantly
long and idiotically tight.
Blouse waists meets with much favor
from both ladies and misses.
The perennial Scotch tartan braids have
again made their appearance.
Turbans remain in favor for city
streets and for travelling hats.
Audacity is the most marked charac-
teristic of the seasons millinery.
Crownless bonnets, worn like the old
fashioned head dress, are favorites.
Scarf mantles, very convenient wrap!
indeed, are in favor for spring wear.
Light tan-colored gloves of Danish kid
are still used with dresses of any color
Gold lace is much used for trimming
the miniature oonnets now Fashionable.
Plain net without dots now rivals point
d'esprit with its many dots for dress bon
nets.
White wells will be much worn. They
make any sort Of skin look "peaches and
creamy"
Tailor-made gowns are just now a!
much in demand as in the opening clay:
of autumn.
Very few black parasols are shown this
season except those having handsome
lace covers.
The peculiar and startling colors of the
season give bad taste every possible chance
to assert itself.
Artificial flowers never look well in the
hair unless that: and the complexion are
artificial as well.
Wells are usually chosen to match. the
bonnet. A black veil, however, may be
worn with any color.
Gold and jeweled buckles are worn
with handsome high-necked dresses,
either at the throat or on the belt.
Gay striped and plaid, India silk and
surah blouses are combined with various
skirts for morning wear a. home.
Leather buttons, morocco, kid, seal,
alligator and dog skin, hand-paintcd, are
a new fad for street wear in New York.
French milliners, it is said, often pro-
vide mere burlesques of their best de.
signs, to meet English and American
tastes.
White jerseys, thickly covered with
white ivory beads, are novelty, and look
prettier than one would think from the
description.
Silk-fnished corduroy suits arc quite
fashionable this season, especially in pale
terra Gotta, golden brown, and the many
shades of gray.
Linen collars and cuffs continue to be
worn with street dress, but ruchings and
lace frills represent the favorite fashion
for house wear,
The fashionable bride wears but one
glove. The first bridesmaid carries the
other. 1t is not good form to employ a
messenger boy for the service.
Street gloves have broad stitching on
the back, either in the same or darker
shade of the same color. Upon black
gloves white stitching is frequently
used.
Balayeuscs for the protection of the
inside of the dress skirt are once more
worn. They are for use, not ornament,
and should not show below the edge of
the skirt.
Simple small mantlcs for various
dresses are made of plain Bengaline for
the basque back and MANILA fronts, while
the sides arc of French lace, with many
ends and loops of black watered ribbon.
The fashionable handkerchief has a
very narrow hemstitched hem, with a
very small initial embroidered in one cor
ner or sometimes a delicate vine of em-
broidery inside the hem, and very mar
row border of Valenciennes lace. All
white is preferred.
All white is the rule this year for com.
mencemeut dresses, and lace is the fav-
orite material, with ribbon in unlimited
quantities as a garniture. These lace
dresses should be made over white lawn,
which gives the appropriate effect of sim.
plicity and girlishncss.
AS a garniture for Summer buutings,
cashmeres, surahs and similar fabrics,
lace will be less used than last season,
ribbon and velvet accessories being pre-
ferred. The amount of ribbon which may
be used is limited only by the inclination
or by means of the wearer.
The newest ruchings are fat in effect,
only fold or series Of folds showing
about fourth OF an inch beyond the
edges of collar and sleeves. Black ruch-
ings are very fashionable for use with
black dresses, but as all ladies do not find
them becoming, individual taste is often
allowed to OVER ~ the decree of fash
ion.
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